USING a Garmin eTrex Legend GPS

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USING a Garmin eTrex LegendGPS
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Garmin Legend in Use
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Satellite Page
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Choose North Up or Track Up

• From the Satellite screen
• Move the CLICK STICK to the left to select the
  Options Menu.
• Press in on the CLICK STICK (The screen will look
  like it does at the left). Check to see if the
  setting is what you want

• If you want to change it
• Press the CLICK STICK down to highlight Track Up
  or North Up, depending what it is currently
  setting.
• Press in on the CLICK STOP to change it. .

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Pages
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MAP PAGE
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Zoom In/ Out
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MAP Setup
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Navigation Page
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Trip Page
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Find Command
The FIND Button is located on the bottom left
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Setup Menu
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Units Options
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Systems Page
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Enhancements to Accuracy (WAAS)

• Wide Area Augmentation System
• Geo-stationary Satellites
• 25 ground stations of known location (N. Amer.)
• corrects for GPS signal errors caused by
  ionospheric disturbances, timing and satellite
  orbit errors
• Improves accuracy to 3-5m
• Limits
• antenna/receiver must be powered 100 of time.
• Must have good view of sky in MB near horizon
  which limits use in hiking and some canoeing.

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WAYPOINTS
Hold the Click Stick down until this screen
appears
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Mark a Waypoint
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Edit A Waypoint
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Activate a Goto
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Mark a New Waypoint

• Now you are ready to enter the latitude and
  Longitude for a known location

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Create A New Waypoint
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Press and Hold Click Stick to Access Mark
Waypoint page
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Select the Location and click to edit
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What Is Geocaching?

• GEO for geography, and CACHING for the process of
  hiding a cache (cash) or treasure
• Hike in the woods
• Treasure hunt
• Outdoor enjoyment
• Family/Scout outing

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Geocaching
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What is Geo-Caching?

• Treasure hunt with GPS unit to find locations
• Database of locations kept online
• Its all about the trek
• What is in the cache
• Logbook
• Treasure (can be anything)
• Clues
• One rule Take from the cache and leave something
  of your own

http//www.geocaching.com (FAQs)
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Geocache Found
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Geo Cache Contents
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Cache Containers

• Micros
• 35 MM film container
• Altoids tin
• Regular
• Tupperware and Rubbermaid sandwich 1-2 Qt.
  Containers
• Ammo boxes
• PCV pipe
• Large
• 5 gal. Buckets
• Tool boxes

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Ragged Island Geocache
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How do I start to Geocache?

• Go to www.geocaching.com (or other geocache site)
• Click on Hide and Seek
• Enter a zip code, city and state or coordinates
  near where you want to hunt.
• Note the level of difficulty, the type of cache
  and when it was last found.
• Once you have selected a cache to hunt for, you
  can
• Download or manually enter the waypoint to your
  GPS
• Print out the page with the coordinates, hint and
  logs

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Ragged Island Cache
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Deer Park Geocache
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Deer Park Geocache
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Edit A Waypoint
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SBO Geocache

• WayPoint A01 N37 04.411
• W076 29.654
• Waypoint A02 N37 04.402
• W076 29.710
• Cache N37 04.362
• W076 29.724

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Clearing Waypoints

• To Delete a Waypoint
• Go to Find Feature
• Select Waypoints
• Select Nearest
• Select the Options Menu button on the top right
• Select Find by name, Delete ALL or Delete All by
  Symbol

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Clearing Tracks

• Select the Main Menu
• Go to Find Feature
• Select TRACKS
• Select the Options Menu button on the top right
• Select
• Setup Track Log
• Delete All Saved